In her presentation, Girma demonstrated creative ways to communicate with technology: she typed with President Barack Obama using Braille and a keyboard for the president; a classmate who wanted to talk to her when Girma couldn’t see or hear her contacted her on Facebook; she uses tactile sign language with her brother, who is also Deaf Blind.

One accessible function Apple products offer is a screen reader, VoiceOver. Girma said, “VoiceOver can speak out loud and send information to the digital Braille display.”

“Our goal is to have every app, and I mean every single app, to be accessible,” Girma said about the App Store.

Girma advocated for captions, and access to any features without assuming people with disabilities wouldn’t use it.

She used photography throughout her presentation to demonstrate how she uses pictures to share with sighted people, so develops shouldn’t deny access to technology based on assumptions.